Sustainable Transport In Barking
And Surrounding Areas
· Introduction
This web site is mainly about "Sustainable Transport" (ie basically using a car as little as possible, if at all) in Barking and surrounding areas. It gives information about cycling, public transport, the disadvantages of car use and ways to avoid travelling altogether. It also has links to other related web sites.
Sustainable transport
is part of sustainable living, so inevitably you will find this subject touched
upon. The assumption that to live locally is more sustainable is prevalent.
"Surrounding areas" means geographical areas, yes, but also subject areas.
The main emphasis, however, tends to be on cycling: The pages also serve as the
London Cycling
Campaign local
branch's web site.
Like many web-sites this one is something of a "working document". Information and links will be added or updated over time and the site will develop while it is in use.
You can have input too.
If you have constructive comments or relevant information/links please email
me, colinnewman@ntlworld.com.
Follow this link for events and activities
Barking Railway Station site
(independent), with information on trains, buses, taxis and other amenities,
plus links to rail related sites)
Follow this link for Links to other relevant sites
· NEWS --- VIEWS --- NEWS --- VIEWS
The Association of
Train Operating Companies and Brompton Bicycle Ltd have published
the National Rail Guide called "Cycling by train". The aim of the
guide is to provide cyclists with clear guidelines to each train company's
policy for taking bicycles onto their trains.
The
guide sets out such details as:
·
a
summary of the regions each company covers
·
contact
details and web addresses of train companies and cycling groups
·
the
times of day cycles can and cannot be carried on trains
·
reservation
phone numbers for passengers wishing to reserve space for their bicycle
·
the charges for taking cycles on trains where
this applies.
David Mapp, ATOC Commercial Director said: "Our guide aims
to make journey planning easier for all cyclists. Recent figures suggest that approximately
40,000 people a day use bikes to access railway stations in
Emerson Roberts of Brompton Bicycle Ltd, commented:
"We are very pleased to be associated with the "Cycling by
train" guide. Bromptons are designed with freedom and independence in
mind, and this guide provides all cyclists with the information they need to
integrate trains into their daily commute and their recreational riding."
The guide is available
at railway stations across the
The "Cycling by train" leaflet is available at all National Rail stations
and can be found on the national rail website at www.nationalrail.co.uk/passenger_services/cyclists.htm
http://www.ctc.org.uk/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=4092
“Following the formal
demise (December 2005) of the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA), Transport
Minister Derek Twigg MP now has full responsibility
for rail policy issues in England and
Wales. It just so happens that he is also
the Minister responsible for cycling! CTC is therefore calling on members
and supporters to contact their MPs, urging them to press Derek Twigg MP for action to maximise the benefits of integrating
cycle and rail travel.”
Follow the link above
to read more and to lobby your MP on line. If your MP is (like Barking’s Margaret
Hodge) a minister, s/he will not be able to sign the Early Day Motion, Ms Hodge
did, however, write Derek Twigg after I contacted her
office.
A chance to respond to
TfL’s LEZ consultation here: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/low-emission-zone/
The consultation document
'Transport and Air Quality Strategy Revisions: London Low Emission Zone - Draft
for Public and Stakeholder onsultation', which
explains the background to the proposals, is downloadable from here:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/low-emission-zone/pdfdocs/draft-for-public-and-stakeholder-consultation.pdf
On page 16, figure 2, 'Forecast emissions from
Information from the Green Party:
This campaign starts this month.
Nationally, the Green Party will be staging events to help promote the campaign
in the press and raise awareness of the website and survey through other
organisations’ newsletters & websites. The SURVEY is the most crucial part
of this. Remember we won’t get press just for what we say (even if we say all
the right things), but for what we DO. By going out, engaging the public and
producing national and local survey results that show we are in touch with what
people want done, we will get noticed.
Please let us know if you have
any questions or suggestions about how we can take the campaign forward
locally.
With best
wishes, Melanie Collins, Co-ordinator, Barking, Dagenham & Havering Green
Party. mel@crotchet.demon.co.uk Tel. 01708 220160.
Ken Livingstone has designated 5
Energy Action Areas in
Two websites I noted some time
ago: http://www.sustel.org/ and http://www.sustainit.org/
http://www.tourdefrancelondon.com/
Simon Brammer of
LCC writes: “
If you have any further
questions, please don’t hesitate to give me a call.” Simon’s phone number is
If you are interested in such a
ride, please contact your local LCC representative. If you don’t know who that
is, or you live in Barking & Dagenham, contact Colin.
As usual, I was on the
(crowded) 1750 from Gospel Oak to Barking last Thursday evening. There was a
delay at
policy about bike carriage. At the very least people need notice of the change.
The advice to avoid peak hour trains is good advice for everybody - not just those
with bikes!
For those who don't know: This line has two-coach trains that run half-hourly
(though there's one or two extra trains each way in the peak, provide by TfL £)
http://www.c2c-online.co.uk/discount.htm.
c2c say “We’ve reduced the cost of Weekend Travelcards
from all c2c stations into
www.vitalise.org.uk. “Vitalise (formerly
Winged Fellowship Trust) is a national charity providing holidays for disabled
and visually impaired people. We aim to offer choice through our enabling
environment whilst providing essential breaks for carers and inspirational
opportunities for volunteers.” One possibility is offering to be a tandem pilot
so that a visually impaired person can be the stoker. Volunteers get the
holidays at favourable rates.
The
website FAQs page says: “We
broadcast in central
www.resonancefm.com for more information and to listen online / hear MP3s of past
programmes.
TfL writes: “The train/tube
fares listed in our fares leaflet [pp 20-21, or 12 depending on the version]
apply to journeys made if you go via the tube - 'through' journeys. The example
you mention [Barking & Gospel Oak line] is a wholly National Rail route and
TfL does not set these fares.
As a general principle,
the various Train Operating Companies set the fares charged on their own
services. In this case, their off-peak pricing may be viewed as uncompetitive,
simply as the Day Travelcard is actually cheaper. The cheap day return between
Barking and Gospel Oak is £4.40 against the zones 2-6 Day Travelcard (off-peak)
at £4.30. The peak single is £4.60 with the return at £4.70. Of course, it
seems sensible to choose the unlimited use Day Travelcard in this case.”
Not only that, the maximum
‘through’ fare for 3 zones excluding zone 1 (which zones cover the whole
B&GO) is £3. Making
it apparently cheaper to go from Upney-Gospel Oak than Barking – Gospel Oak by
single fares.
What I don’t understand is if you’re
buying your ticket at a National Rail station (especially one not served by the
Underground) how do you get such a ticket –and how do they know you are going
to go on the tube?
The Transport Committee of the London
Assembly has published a report called Crime
& Safety at London’s Suburban Railway Stations. In reporting on it, the
Barking & Dagenham Post picks up
that “the number of crimes per station is considerably higher at stations with
an interchange between overground [sic] and
underground [sic] lines”. I don’t like
this sloppy usage – Underground refers to a company, not a description of where
tracks are and “over ground” could refer to Underground lines on the surface as
well as National Rail lines. And of course a small amount of National Rail
lines are under ground. The terms should be Underground
and National Rail – and it might be better to include DLR separately.
The sloppiness in the report is
shown by the top 20 table of “Overground” stations
and the number of reported crimes. Some station names are starred for being
“interchange stations” whereas in fact they are stations served both by
National Rail and Underground. Top of the list come
Most stations served by National Rail are also run by National Rail – Barking being an
obvious example. West Ham is an exception but I don’t know if there are others.
In stations run by a National Rail company, it seems to dominate. The point
must be that the rather higher standard of accommodation and security at LU run
stations is noticeable - I know that LU has problems getting cooperation from
c2c at Barking – so there’s the combination of high passenger throughput
because of the Underground and a less secure station environment because of the
National Rail station ownership.
www.london.gov.uk/assembly/reports/transport.jsp
Try this tube map for some light
relief http://www.unfortu.net/anagrammap/
Sustrans is proposing a network of cycle and walking routes
to the Olympic site called Greenways for the Olympics and London (GOAL). At the
moment only 0.03% of Olympic transport money is to be spent on cycling
infrastructure. If you want to register support for GOAL, go to http://www.sustrans.org.uk/default.asp?sID=1137081747812
and vote!
B&D has launched a
campaign to encourage sustainable travel to school under the tag The Children Strike Back and picking up Star Wars iconography – particularly a
Darth Vader character, pictured in January’s Citizen heading a group of children walking to school. Another picture features some cyborgs (I don’t know what they’re called) one of whom has
a bike. I couldn’t find this material on B&D’s website, but there is
ordinary STP information at http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/8-leisure-envir/roads/safety/school-travel-what.html
17 January 2006 –
Penalty fares on B&GO
Silverlink has been
inept about this with confusing tannoy announcements and posters. Penalty fares
will not be imposed on the B&GO because of the 9 stations that have no
ticket selling facilities. If you start your journey at Barking,
http://www.livingstreets.org.uk/page.php?pageid=432¤tPage=1.
Living streets have produced a brilliant report about what they think we should
be done to improve the Heathway and the streets in walking distance of it. It
contains dozens of recommendations – some blindingly obvious that shouldn’t
need saying, but do, and some more imaginative ones reinforced by research
locally and from elsewhere and by calls upon best practice not only from
manuals but from real life.
What is particularly
encouraging is the cogent input from local people who were ‘Community Street
Auditors’ for the report. Just because the area is run down and neglected one
shouldn’t assume that local people do not care or have given up.
One small quibble is
that there is no mention of the 2003 audit done by TfL and local cyclists (called
CRISP). This covered more than just this area and so is far less extensive in
its recommendations for this area. Nevertheless it chimes in well and I don’t
think people who cycle will find much to disagree with. The lack of mention of
the CRISP report is more indicative of the status of these reports in the
public sector than it is of Living Streets’ view of cycling and cyclists.
Whilst I applaud the
view that special facilities should be provided for cyclists to keep them off
the footway, the recommendation that footway cycling should be stopped by using
fixed penalty notices (an option already available) should I think be tempered
with some use of discretion for those cycling on the footway with due care and
attention: The report recognises that some people who cycle find the
carriageway too hazardous and also that the crash railings hinder movement. The
problems caused by the railings to pedestrians crossing the road are similar to
those for people cycling who want to leave the road and use the shops and
amenities. It would be wrong to alienate them by using the stick before the
carrot is available.
If your heating and hot water system does not have a tank, it
is going to be difficult – but maybe not impossible - for you to use solar
heated water. The websites say that some combination boilers (combis) can accept pre-heated water. I haven’t found one
that lists them, but www.devonsolar.co.uk
offers to find out for you. Others say that if there’s space for a tank one can
be fitted and in some cases the boiler may be adaptable to work with a tank.
The heat losses from a tank must then be balanced with the heat gains from
solar energy to see what energy savings can be realised.
The Slower Speeds Intiative’s End the Body Count campaign
(www.slower-speeds.org.uk/endthebodycounts/) has been successful in as much
that “The Government has announced that for 2006/07 the criteria for safety
cameras will change ‘to ensure that cameras can be used where there is a strong
safety need.’
Rather old news I’ve found buried in my records. http://www.car-recycling.co.uk/ needs some work to update it (latest news dated in 2002!), fix
broken links etc, but still contains some interesting information and a search
facility (with a broken link to multimap) for local recyclers. The site links
to http://www.elv-is.net/
(End of life
vehicle information systems), but that site has been taken down bar a holding
page telling you this.
If cars are to have any serious claim to be sustainable, the
industry really has to do better than this at presenting the issue.
People who want to live sustainably still want value for
money, even if they don’t place such importance on least first cost as others. In theory, resource efficient goods and services are genuinely cheaper as they
use fewer resources per unit of service delivered. The price though, doesn’t always reflect the
true cost.
But all this is clouded by the sometimes misleading price
information given with a product. Take toilet rolls – a very day-to-day
product. One of my local shops used to sell the same make in 4 roll and 6 roll
packs. But the 4 roll packs had 240 sheets per roll whereas the 6 roll packs
were 200 sheets per roll - equivalent to five 240 sheet rolls. Another “value”
pack has 9 rolls – but at only 150 sheets per roll - equivalent to much less than six 240 sheet rolls. The
per roll price on the packaging is misleading as a roll is not standard.
Last week’s Barking
& Dagenham Post carried an article explaining how what Barking town
centre needs (apparently, according to the council) is another multi-storey car
park. Even though Barking has been derided for its
amount of car parks (which are of course empty most of the time), the fact that
some will be given over to housing leads people to conclude that the lost
capacity must be replaced. I don’t want the retail
vitality of Barking to suffer, but I really think
the emphasis needs to be on sustainable
retail vitality.
It looks like there will be one starting on Sunday evening (8th)
at 1830 and lasting the whole of Monday (9th). It would seem
sensible to avoid travelling, especially in the peaks if at all possible. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/press-centre/press-releases/press-releases-content.asp?prID=642
gives TfL’s point of view and http://www.rmt.org.uk/C2B/PressOffice/display.asp?ID=1823&Type=1 gives the union’s.
I have
been doing some research on these devices, because my central heating control
is so basic. I wanted something which would know the difference between
weekdays and weekends and would combine the function of the room thermostat and
timer. Two came to my attention – one at www.warmworld.co.uk,
but the one from http://www.seitron.it/eng/prodotti/scheda.php?sectionid=32&itemid=206&begincount=0&pathtype=sectiontree&SID
(which I
bought from http://www.syxthsense.com/ecommerce2/cart1.php was rather cheaper whilst providing most of the functionality
I need. Both the models referred to have the ability to guess when to turn on
the heating to reach the required warmth at the required time.
If
you’re searching, apart from “Chronostat”, try
“Intelligent Heating Controller” (the term Warmworld
uses).
There
are some very advanced, networkable control devices
around, but the prices get a little steep. If you are a home automation
aficionado you might invest, but I would think for most people a reasonable
payback time is the key: The Seitron is around £60.
Not cheap compared to a basic thermostat, or even a basic thermostat and timer,
but it will cut down on the need to interact with the controls – which is
susceptible to human error.
I have
warned elsewhere that if you swipe your Oyster card at Barking and then use the
B&GO to go to Blackhorse Road where you swipe again, the system will assume
you have come on the Underground through zone 1, meaning pre-pay would be taken
off your Oyster if you haven’t got at least a zone 1-4 travelcard season loaded. Vice versa too. The TfL fares leaflet warns that some
journeys are deemed by the Oyster system to be through zone 1 when they’re not
actually.
The
Oyster system ought to be able to work out that if you swiped at BHR about 20
minutes after you swiped at Barking, you can’t possibly have come by
Underground – TfL’s journey pl
The tube map showing where bikes are allowed is now on line,
at www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/pdfdocs/tube-map-bicycles1b.pdf, though the Jubilee section
between
“For the fifth consecutive year, the Woodland Trust has teamed
up with retailers WHSmith and Tesco to deliver its
annual Christmas Card Recycling Scheme. Recycling bins will be in all WH Smith
high street stores and all Tesco Extra and Superstores [until] Tuesday 31
January 2006.” http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/news/index.htm.
Watch this space for confirmed sightings of recycling bins locally.
31 December - Mayor is quizzed over
commuters – Apology/Correction
On 23 November I wrote:
“In an article thus headed, the Post
gets itself a bit confused – or possibly London Assembly Member Jenette (not Jeanette)
Incidentally, a zone 3
Travelcard will get you all the way from Woodgrange Park to Crouch Hill (and
back) on the B&GO.”
Sorry. Jenette Arnold is correct to say that single zone
travelcards (ie weekly and longer duration ones – there haven’t ever been day
travelcards for one zone to my knowledge) are to be discontinued. A weekly 1
zone travelcard (excluding Zone 1) was £11.20 in 2005 (a two zone being £13).
In 2006 a two zone (excluding zone 1) will be £14.
Prepay, for comparison,
costs £1 single for up to 2 zones (excluding zone 1), so if B&GO were to charge prepay at the same rate a 1 or 2 zone
journey would work out quite a bit cheaper on prepay than a weekly. The zonal system works on the basis that most
Apart from its sheer convenience, an Oyster card accesses much cheaper single, return and one day
tickets than “traditional” methods. For example, some single fares are 2 or 3
times the cost when paid cash compared to by Oyster pre-pay.
For optimum convenience, get auto
top up on your card – every time your prepay reserve falls below £5, the
system will top it up with £20 from your linked debit or credit card.
Silverlink is introducing penalty fares from 4 January. The
fine is up to £20 if you don’t by a ticket before travelling. On the B&GO
there are still several stations without ticket machines, so anyone who is not
a regular traveller (ie hasn’t got at least a weekly season ticket, or it’s
expired) and uses one of those stations is unable to comply, as far as I can
tell. The ticket sellers are allowed to use their discretion where ticket
offices are closed and/or machines are out of order (Silverlink’s website says)
but I don’t think it mentions stations with no ticket selling capability.
The sooner Silverlink gets Oyster card readers/writers the
better. Then people will be able to download weekly and longer period tickets
onto their Oyster card instead if buying them from the conductor. But better
still, let’s see prepay made valid.
A lot of on line information is of variable quality – and that
about Barking Station is no exception. And because Barking
station is a National Rail station served by the Underground, information is
provided by both organisations – even though it’s the self-same station.
In no particular order, we have Tube Guru http://www.visitlondon.com/tubeguru/station?station=BARKING.
This has inaccurate information about the station (Gates – no - ??, phones – no!!) and clicking on pubs and bars leads to
even more: apparently the Spotted Dog is 220m (c 240 yds)
from the station. No mention is made that the station is served by c2c and
Silverlink.
Next up is information accessed via the Journey Pl
Then there’s National Rail’s more extensive (but doubtfully
useful) information at http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/station/BKG.html.
I have personally told them 3 times that there are now toilets at Barking
station – but this still says there aren’t.
Finally there’s c2c’s information at http://www.c2c-online.co.uk/route/barking.htm.
This is so lacking in detail as to be fairly useless – but it is accurate if
not precise.
The “game” played by National Rail and the Underground of
playing down each other’s existence is in evidence here. This is one of the
reasons why I provide my own station site.
www.capitalwastefacts.com/boroughs/factfile.php4?id=228
says that
Bicycles can be recycled at B&D’s
The Diesel engine wasn’t especially intended to run on what’s
called Diesel fuel and Diesel vehicles can be modified to run entirely by, or
mainly by biofuel, such as vegetable oil. There’s
plenty of information on the web, including sites for sellers of conversion kits
or firms that will do the conversions. From memory one route is to change the
oil (transesterification) to make it suitable for running in an unmodified
engine and the other is to modify the vehicle so that it can run on both
petroleum diesel and vegetable oil – the engine has to warm up before it can
use untreated vegetable oil –thus the need to continue to use petroleum diesel
when the engine is cold.
There is a big “but” though. Georges Monbiot
says (http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2005/12/06/worse-than-fossil-fuel/)
that reusing cooking oil is good, but there’s not nearly enough of it to meet
fuel ‘needs’ at current levels. Increased demand for biofuel
will inevitably mean more palm oil plantations (palm oil is the cheapest)
leading to deforestation and thus more carbon being released into the
atmosphere (from burning the old trees) alongside the destruction of habitats.
So even with biofuel we have to keep
in mind the so-called “well to wheel” sustainability of motor vehicles: It’s a
fat lot of good (ha ha) cutting pollution at the
tailpipe if that pollution is simply displaced upstream nearer to where the
fuel is produced.
The Corporation (which I saw on More4 recently
– and it may be repeated soon - is an excellent if galling film about
the excesses of multinational corporations in their pursuit of profits. Left
wing commentators such as academic Noam Chomsky and
film-maker Michael Moore appeared to illuminate exactly what they thought is
wrong. However, the tenor of the film was that when you hear the word
“capitalism” you should think “evil”. In the book Natural Capitalism (Paul Hawken,
Amory B Lovins and L Hunter Lovins)
the writers defend capitalism by trying to use its own principles to correct
it. In The Corporation the fact of
“externalities” was pointed out – these are consequences of commerce or
industry whose costs are not borne directly by them – a classic case is
pollution. Natural Capitalism argues
that these externalities should be accounted for.
Apologists for communism point out that it can’t be judged by
the attempt (if it was genuinely an attempt) to apply it in the
The Greener, Cleaner, Safer subgroup had an outing to the
Millennium Village at North Greenwich today, followed by a discussion about
B&D’s Local Development Framework – the successor to the Unitary
Development Plan.
I found it surprising that despite the group’s sustainability
agenda car parking was mentioned several times as a particular problem to be
solved. I’m not saying if you ignore it it will go
away, but I made the point in discussion that reduction in car use has to
remain a top priority in environmental sustainability.
Consultation has many problems – one of which, in this subject
area, is that the problem of environmental sustainability remains a problem
whether or not people say it is or vote for it. Councils or any organisation
must align their priorities with those of nature / the biosphere before
considering the priorities of their residents/clients/customers that so clearly
are dependent on their being a biosphere suitable for us to live in.
The Barking &
Dagenham Post reports that the inquiry will now happen in the New
Year. Opponents of the bridge argue that
it is really part of the trunk road network and the bus and cycle lanes are
something of a sop. The Post reporting
in the Post reflects this mentality:
“it will greatly reduce journey times for … motorists wanting to travel south
of the river.” No mention of public
transport or cycling.
Personally I have mixed feelings about the bridge – clearly it
will bring places south of the river much nearer – which will help those who
have to go there, but new road schemes that initially reduce journey times (ie
most) often finish up attracting more traffic.
The proposed site is Barking Working Men’s’ club – which is
apparently dwindling and unable to afford its overheads. In the same vein as
above, the Post says “homeowners will
have nowhere to leave their cars”. OK, they later explain that being 400m (1/4
mile) from the station it is in the zone where the council encourages car-free
developments, but the assumption still prevails that having a car is normal.
Darren Little writes:
“As
part of the Council’s approach to encouraging sustainable transport I would
like to re-ignite the old Bicycle Users Group (BUG) which has fallen in to
decay over the past couple of years.
I’m
sure there are a lot of cyclists working for the Council at the moment who often
bring their bikes to work. Cycle parking varies throughout the Council
buildings, and this is currently being looked at in terms of improving what is
available to staff at the moment. If you are a cyclist and would like to be
part of a BUG please get in touch with me - contact details below. We can then
work together in conjunction with the Council to improve what facilities
already exist and to look at providing new facilities where they are lacking.
We can also help you to get more out of your cycling with free cycling maps and
‘Bike MOT’s’ and events. But to do this we need some ‘Cycling Champions’ to
come forward.
The
Planning and Transportation Division has just recently moved over to the Town
Hall and in conjunction with Assets Management we have arranged for a secure
cycle parking facility for Town Hall users. This is a lockable room to the side
of the Town Hall which is available for use at present. A key can be provided
to you as a regular user if you contact us to let us know. This new cycle store
is the first phase in improving facilities at the Council’s main office
buildings and Asset Management will soon be providing a cycle store at Roycraft House and Ripple Road Offices.
If you
have any questions then please get in touch.
Kind
Regards, Darren Little, Travel Demand Management Advisor. Darren.little@lbbd.gov.uk. (020) 8227
3943.”
Intensive campaigning
by the Barking – Gospel Oak User
Group working with National Rail, Tfl and Silverlink have successfully bid
to fund an extra train service to alleviate rush-hour overcrowding – it will
start on Monday 12 December. An additional service will leave Upper Holloway at
0742 and then form a Barking 0823 departure; then in the evening there’ll be a
Gospel Oak departure at 1710. This is excellent work by the user group, which I
do urge you to join. It’s just £3 a year.
Congratulations!
At last an update – and a new scheme (well new to me anyway).
(a)
Access Road, Leyton, E10 (Multimap
references it in E17 – it crosses the border). recycles 20-30 bikes a month and
sells them on to residents. Bike prices start from £40 for adults’, £20 for
children’s’. Sales: 1st Saturday of the month, 1-3pm. Public Drop-In Sessions:
Saturdays (except 1st in month) 1-3 pm. Tool Use £1 and help from
professional bike mechanic. Details: gina.harkell@walthamforest.gov.uk
or linda.webb@walthamforest.gov.uk
(b) Mike Walton Recycled Bikes,
Volunteers’ day at
Reporting via the online web form seems to be a waste of time.
One time, frustrated by the total lack of response, I specifically asked for
acknowledgement and received a reply saying that the officer couldn’t make
sense of my e-mail (system generated with the contents of the form, not written
by me) and that I should phone up! The number to ring is (020) 8215 3000.
26 November 2005: Journey Planning and
information
Best advice is to plan your journey before travelling, but in
the real world this doesn’t always happen. Either way you are at the mercy of
the quality and quantity of information available to you and – particularly if
you are planning on the move – the amount of time you have to take it in.
Earlier this week I saw a young woman trying to get to somewhere in
I later found out that the 97 bus stops at the junction of
I looked at TfL’s journey pl
www.immobilise.com
seems to be an upgrade of www.menduk.org that
I mentioned here back in April. It does get rather confusing having more than
one database * and more than one way into some if them: I registered my bike on
immobilise.com only to get confirmation from menduk,
where it was already registered. I don’t know if they’re going to do any
matching to remove duplicated information.
* www.Bikeregister.com, www.immobilise.com (www.menduk.org),
and www.thencr.co.uk (National Cycle
Register) are the ones I know of that are still working.
Newhams Row is shown in my
street atlases but not labelled: This is why I’ve added it to the address even
though Royal Mail doesn’t require it. It's off Bermondsey Street to the east,
just north of Long Lane. At the time of writing they can't get their emails -
so don't email anything urgent. If you can spend any time helping out at the
office, do ring first - then they can plan things for you to do. It may be that they need help with the
aftermath of the move.